Cargo-steamer.



No. 680,692. Patented Aug. 20, IQIUI.

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CARGO STEAWIEB.

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No. 680,692. Patented Aug. 20, IQIDI. H. BUBRIELL.

CARGO STEAWHEB.

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H. BUHRELL.

CARGO STEMWER.

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HENRY BURRELL, OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

CARGO-STEAWER.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,692, dated .August20, 1901. Application iiled September 6, 1899. Serial No. 729,654.. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BURRELL, ship broker and ship owner, of 4Devonshire Gardens, in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, have inventedImprovements in the Construction of Cargo-Steamers, (for which I haveobtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 2,770, dated the 7th day ofFebruary, 1899,) of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in sea going vessels,particularly freight or cargo Steamers, and is designed to improve theconstruction of the cargo-holds and the construction in general.

It is one of the objects of this invention to so construct a vessel thata much greater amount of freight or cargo may be carried than ispossible with the existing vessels of equal dimensions.

Another object is to so construct the vessel that loading and unloadingof the cargoes from the hold may be accomplished in a much shorter timethan has been possible heretofore. It will also be obvious that thestability of the vessel and the structural strength and rigidity will bemuch increased by placing the engines and boilers aft, with the cargooccupying the entire amidships-section of the vessel, as the weight willbe well distributed over the whole vessel. This is a great improvementover the method now in vogue of placing the heavy boilers and enginesamidships, giving tothe ship a tendency to rock on its transverse axis.

Another object of my said invention is to provide a simple and effectivemeans for dividing the cargo space or hold of the vessel intocompartments of different dimensions to suit varying requirements. By mymethod the girders and struts that run longitudinally of thecargo-spaces of the vessel and support the decks are so equipped thatthe boards may be easily inserted or` removed from these struts orgirde'rs to divide the space into the compartments of any desired size.This is accomplished without providing any special construction,as willbe hereinafter more fully described. Then cargo in bulk is to becarried, such as coal and the like, these boards may be removed andstored in a comparatively small space.

In order that my said invention may be more fully described, referencewill be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein the same parts areindicated by the same reference-letters throughout the several views.

Figure l represents a central longitudinal section of the aft half of avessel embodying my improvements. Fig. l@ is a similar View of theforward half of the vessel. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the aft half of thevessel, and Fig. 2 is a similar view of the forward half of the vessel.Fig. 3 represents a transverse section, enlarged, taken amidships of thevessel,showing the cargo-space. Fig. 4 represents-a section takenlongitudinally of the vessel, showing the method of employing thecargo-boards to divide up the cargo-space. Fig. 5 represents an enlargedtransverse section through one of the vertical struts, parts beingbroken away; and Fig. 6 represents an enlarged transverse sectionthrough the vessel, showing the arrangement of the struts, girders, anddeck-beams.

Referring particularly to Figs. l represents the main deck with myimprovements.

B represents the trunk with the upper deck B.

O O are hatches provided at regular intervals along the trunk B, thesehatches passing from the upper deck B to the base or lowest hold.

O is a hatch through Which coal may be hoisted from the bunker K andlowered through the hatch O2 to the chute K boiler-room.

to 2a, A of a vessel provided or cabin provided A is the lower deckbeneath the deck A, and A2 represents the deck-beams for supporting theupper deck A.

D D are compartments between the hatches C C, in which may be locatedcrane-supports or the like provided With power-chamber MO, attachedthereto.

F F are a plurality of vertically-disposed struts running from the baseof the vessel to the main deck A, being firmly secured in place by theweb-plates F2 F2. Above these piliars or struts F are provided framingsF3,

adapted to strengthen the trunk B, angleupper corners the trunk tosuitable passages being irons F5 being provided in the between the deckand side of reinforce the same,

left for the crew..

F represents also vertical into the IOO struts or pillars placed midwaybetween the pillars or struts F; but instead of extending up to the maindeck they stop at the lower deck A. All of these struts are I-shapedgirders, preferably made up of two trough or channel irons boltedtogether, as by the bolt y, Fig. 5. each side of the beam thus formedare the strips of plankingy a a, which are held securely in place by thebolt y. These strips leave a space or recess between their edge and theedge of the beams, in which may be inserted the ends of the cargo-boardsL. Upon one of the fiat ends of the beam F are secured the angle-ironsL2 L2, so spaced as to allow the ends of the boards L to be inserted.

F4 represents vertically dis-posed struts placed directly in the centerof the vessel, midway between the struts F F, starting where thehatchways leave od and dividing the vessel into two compartments, one oneach 1 side of the center of the vessel. These struts F4 run from thebase of the vessel above the keel tothe main deck A, being secured inplace in the manner described in connection with the struts G G arestringers running longitudinally of the vessel at equal distances fromlthe cene ter thereof and support the inner ends of the lower deckA'wherethey are'cutY i-ntoby the hatchways, both strin gers F and Fbeing se cured thereto.

L represents cargo-boards, which may' be interchangeably insertedbetween the verte cal struts F L represents cargo-boardsV inserted between the vertical struts F and run trans.- versely et thev vessel,forming the ends of the hatch ways.

H represents one of a plurality of port-openings with inwardly-swingingdoors H and outwardly-swinging'doors H2, so. that when coal, or otherbulk cargois being loaded these two doors. improvise a chute.

Water-tight bulkheads arepreferably piro;- vided along the sides of thevessel throughout .thel cargo-space,` such an arrangement being shown inFigs. 1 to 2a, inclu-sive,A such bulk- 'headsbeingindicated by thepartitions W W,

thereby dividing the vessel up into th-e watertight compartments WT WT2'toy WT, &c.

A space K is generally reserved for thecoal or fuel for the vessel.

bunkers is in easy reach of the boiler-room,

it bein-g simply necessary to hoist the coal l through. the hatch C intothe hatch C2,\vhere it will be carried by the chute K directly to .theengine-room.

While I have shown my invention as em- Fitted into the channels leftupon l This space for the obvious that the same may be applied tovarious types of steam or other vessels and that various modificationsmay be made in the details of the same without departing from the spiritof my said invention.

I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent oi the United States, is

l. In a vessel of the character described, the combination with thehatches C; of stringers running longitudinally of the vessel, and`spaced at a distance equal to the width of f said hatches, verticalstruts or pillars F, F lsupporting said stringere, cargo-boards L',stretching transversely of the vessel between the struts F andcargo-boards L stretching g longitudinally of the vessel beneath andabove said strin gers between the struts F, F

substantially as described.

2.4 In a vessel of the character the combination with a plurality ofhatchways disposed longitudinally of they vessel; -of stringers G, G,running longitudinally of l the. vessel, and spaced at adistanceequa-lto the width ot said, hatches, Irshaped struts F i forming the fourcorners of said hatchways, ,cargo-boards L running transversely of the gvessel between said s-tru-tsF forming the ends y of said hatchways,vertically-disposed struts 1 F',l supporting said stringers G, G, andcargot boards L connecting said struts or pillars ;F FQ, forming thesides of said hatchways, t substantially as described. i 3. Ina, vesselof the. character' described, the; combinationwi-ththevertically-disposed l2-shaped struts or pillars F, F', mad-e oftwochannehbeams bolted together by the bolt y, 3 strips-vot planki-ng z,z, bolted in thechannels. =of saidbeams, and heldin posi-tion by saidbolt. y, leavinga recess largeenoughto admit the-end of a board in said;channel, and a pair of angle-irons L2, L2, secured to: one of the i-lat`sides of said stru-ts, forming a recess of a board between them,- saidrecess bein-g adapted to hold the board at right angles; tosaidfrrst-mentionedrecess; of a plurality of 1 removable cargo-boardsadapted to have; their Aends inserted in; said recessesthereb y dividingthe, vessel up; into cargo-compartments, substantially asd'escri-bed.

JOHN SIDDLE,v i .losEPH HENRY PEARsoN..

Having thus described my invention, what l described,

-jor channel large enough to admit the end,

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturebodied'in the particular formot vessel, it is 6o IOO IIO

